"A Yu, you know I didn't mean it that way..." An Ya said in a small voice with tears in her eyes and a sob in her voice.
"Miss An, if you have nothing else to do, please go back first. I'm very busy." Chen Yu'an issued an order to evict the guest directly.
Although An Ya was resentful in her heart, she had no choice but to leave obediently.
She had thought that after Chen Qingmian left, Chen Yu'an would focus more on her. Unexpectedly, in the past three years, Chen Yu'an's attitude towards her had become colder and colder.
Although she was anxious, there was nothing she could do about him.
After An Ya left the office, Chen Yu'an stopped signing and lifted his eyes to look at the closed door. His eyes were as dark as the deep sea.
Tan Si walked up to him and leaned over, bowing his head and saying,
"Sir, the approval for our suburban project has been blocked."
Hearing this, Chen Yu'an frowned and sneered, "The An family is trying to force a marriage now."
An Ya's father, An Shengwang, had just been promoted to the mayor this year and couldn't wait to trip him up.
He was really a good father who doted on his daughter.
Chen Yu'an casually threw the pen in his hand on the table, looked at the time on his wrist, and instructed Tan Si, "Go to the school to pick up Erbao, take her to buy some clothes, and then take her directly to Chenye after that."
Tan Si replied, "Yes, sir."
In the girls' dormitory of Hanlin University.
Qingmian didn't have much luggage. After tidying up her things, she sat on the bed and scrolled through her phone.
Chen Yixia leaned over. Seeing the recruitment app on Qingmian's phone, she exclaimed in surprise, "Qingmian, you're looking for a job?"
In her mind, the locals in the imperial capital were either rich or noble and never had to worry about money. How could they take part - time jobs?
Qingmian just gave a non - emotional grunt.
She had to find a part - time job. This city was extremely expensive. Without money, she couldn't move forward.
When she got up this morning, she saw the supplementary card on the bedside table. It was from Chen Yu'an. But she didn't take it. She opened the drawer and put the card in it.
If it had been the old her, she would have taken the card without hesitation and spent money lavishly. After all, what was Chen Yu'an's was hers.
But on that night three years ago, she had faced the truth and pulled herself out of that long - lasting dream.
What belonged to Chen Yu'an never belonged to her.
To Chen Yu'an, she was just an orphan who was dispensable. He would show concern when he wanted her, and when he wanted to abandon her, he wouldn't even look back.
She had experienced the feeling of being mercilessly abandoned, and she didn't want to experience it again.
Hearing that Chen Qingmian was looking for a part - time job, Shen Shuang beside her immediately sneered at her,
"Yo, Miss Chen also needs to look for a job? What? Does your brother stop giving you money?"
Qingmian remained motionless. Her gaze was always on the phone, and she just frowned slightly.
On the contrary, Chen Yixia suddenly stood up and looked at Shen Shuang unhappily, "Shen Shuang, how can you talk like that?"
Shen Shuang didn't even look at her. She just snorted disdainfully. She had always looked down on people like Chen Yixia, the small - town students who got into college through hard work. If it weren't for being in the same dormitory, she would never have associated with people of this class in her life.
Qingmian didn't understand where Shen Shuang's hostility towards her came from, but she didn't want to cause trouble. If she couldn't provoke, couldn't she just avoid?
She turned off her phone, stood up, and walked out.
"Qingmian, where are you going? I'll go with you!" Chen Yixia, with her kind - hearted nature, was about to follow her.
She stopped and said, "I'm going home."
Chen Yixia gave an embarrassed smile, "I see. Then go quickly."
Qingmian opened the bedroom door and walked out. The sounds inside the room were blocked by the closed door.
Inside the dormitory, Shen Shuang laughed at Chen Yixia, "Don't be such a fool anymore. She's the little princess of the imperial capital. Do you think she'll look up to you? Don't you know your own worth?"
Chen Yixia blushed but couldn't think of anything to retort. She just wanted to be friends with Chen Qingmian. There was no need for all these complicated thoughts and class - related remarks.
Chen Yixia was too lazy to talk to her anymore and buried herself in the quilt.
As soon as Qingmian closed the dormitory door, she received a call from Tan Si and was about to walk towards the school gate.
When she walked downstairs of the dormitory building, she saw Chi Yu standing not far away at a glance.
She frowned. Why was this guy still here? Had Chen Yu'an been monitoring her to such an extent?
There was Tan Si outside the school and Chi Yu inside the school.
Qingmian lowered her head, pretending not to see him, and strode out of the dormitory area.
Chi Yu noticed her the moment Qingmian came out. Seeing that she deliberately avoided him and walked in the opposite direction, he took a few steps and quickly caught up with her.
"Running so fast, little crybaby."
Chi Yu's voice came from above her head. He walked in front of Qingmian and blocked her way.
Now Qingmian couldn't pretend not to see him. She stopped, looked up at him, and said seriously, "Professor Chi, do you have anything to do?"
Chi Yu propped his head with one hand and pretended to think, "It's nothing. I'm just a teacher of this school, caring about my students. Is there any problem?"
Qingmian said expressionlessly, "No problem. Then Professor Chi can care about other students. I'm not your student."
After saying that, she bypassed Chi Yu and was about to leave, but her arm was suddenly grabbed.
"I'll show you the way to the cafeteria, so that you won't even know where it is later."
Qingmian instinctively yanked her hand away forcefully and nervously put her hand behind her back, "No need. My brother is coming to pick me up."
Chi Yu was stunned on the spot by her sudden and strong reaction. By the time he came to his senses, she had already disappeared from sight.
When Qingmian walked to the school gate, she saw the black Maybach parked under the shade of a tree at a glance. Tan Si was standing outside the car. Seeing her coming, he stepped forward and opened the back - seat door.
Qingmian glanced into the car. After seeing that there was no extra figure, she bent down and got in.
"Miss, Young Master Lu said he would hold a welcome party for you tonight. Sir has instructed me to take you to buy some clothes first."
Qingmian looked out of the window expressionlessly and grunted. She looked down at her own clothes, a simple white T - shirt and jeans. Sure enough, Chen Yu'an thought she was an embarrassment.
She smiled self - deprecatingly.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the car slowly stopped outside the Chenye Bar.
Qingmian got out of the car and followed Tan Si inside.
She remembered that this used to be a place where Chen Yu'an often came. She used to want to sneak in to see what it was like that made Chen Yu'an like it so much.
But every time before she could succeed, she had been discovered by Chen Yu'an and thrown to Tan Si to be sent home and locked up.
At that time, she would shout his name loudly, frown, and ask him why he wouldn't let her go.
Chen Yu'an would also patiently tell her that it was because she was not yet 18 years old.
She had been looking forward to turning 18. Unfortunately, instead of waiting to go to such places with him, she had waited for a cold snowy night and a one - way flight.